International Criminal Court - Arrest warrant issued for Vladimir Putin

Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for the Russia President - Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova (Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the  President of the Russian Federation).

Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova | International Criminal Court (icc-cpi.int)

Statement by Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC on the issuance of arrest warrants against President Vladimir Putin and Ms Maria Lvova-Belova | International Criminal Court (icc-cpi.int)

It is alleged that they are responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.

Rome Statute - articles 8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii).